The rays of morning sun diffused through the curtains. Sameer have been sleeping for more than 10 hours. Normally he would wake up around 5 am to do his workout or if he could run for hunting turning into a werewolf . That was his instinct. However it was all his way of coping up with his grief. His grief for leaving his uncle and aunt, their untimely demise, his struggle on coming terms with identity and running away from the village. But alas he is now back to his ancestral house as the landlord with his family. Never in his life he thought that he was coming back. Since he felt a weight was finally lifted up from his heart, Sameer slept peacefully.

After some time, the aroma of dosa and chicken curry began to enter his nostrils. "It's nice to get smell of the food. But why would I need the food when I have my Neeru lying beside me?." Sameer crawled his hand on his right side to hug Neerja. Sameer bolted up from his bed feeling the absence of Neerja.Since it was of summer season, the climate at Arempudi was hot during the daytime. Sameer felt his throat dry and raspy. But he found a jug full of water beside the bed lamp. He understood that iy must have been kept by Neerja. After drinking water, he crawled out of the bed and started searching for Neerja. His search finally ended at their spacious kitchen, only to find Neerja completing his cooking chores.

"Good morning Nanna.. How was your sleep?." Neerja wore a saree where its tip was tied around her waist. Even though the kitchen was fully ventilated, she was sweating alot due to heat. A layer of sweat covered over her waist and her swan shaped neck. Sameer's heart began to race at an alarming rate. He had seen his wife many times, but her in saree wearing a low cut blouse and jasmine flowers on her hair,set his temperature in fire. He stared at her without blinking his eyes.

"Hey!," Neerja waved her palm on his face.Sameer then only came to senses. "Sam you zoned out?," she smiled. But Sameer's mind was elsewhere. "Sit here. Let me take you tea." Neerja moved energetically pouring a spoonful of tea powder to cup of milk.While she was mixing, Neerja felt Sameer's long finger grazing her hands. Neerja felt shivers, when Sameer began to kiss her and buried his face in her neck.

"Who asked you to wear this?." Sameer asked in his deep baritone voice. "Should I need your permission?," Neerja winked at him. "Maybe... Your husband won't be able to stand this." Sameer began to kiss his wife deeply. It was a new feeling for Neerja. She has never seen that kind of passion in Sameer and her feelings for him wete being ignited. Neerja pulled her left leg around Sameer's waist.

"Amma... Nanna ekkada?," Varsha came to kitchen searching for her parents. She was sleepy and rubbed her eyes. Sameer and Neerja stumbled to see whether their daughter caught them in compromising position. "Amma's Chinnu finally woke up!," Neerja said hiding her embarrassment. Her face was flushed."Illa Amma.. Nanna ekkada? He wasn't there in his bed. But his smell comes from here." Varsha said in sleepy tone. As the kids are growing up their sensory skills and flexibility of being werewolves are being enhanced day by day.

"Come here Chinnu... Nanna's baby," Sameer picked Varsha up. Once she got the body warmth of her father, Varsha settled happily on Sameer's shoulder. "Nanna.. Which place is this? Where is our home?," Varsha asked. "This is our home." Varsha was stunned.
"This is our home?."
"Haan.."
"This is - OUR HOME?,"
"Yes Chinnu this is our home. This is Nanna's place and we won't be moving anywhere else."
Varsha jumped out Sameer's hands and turned around to see her new home.
"It's biggie! It's biggie! Our home is a biggie!!." Varsha turned into a werewolf and started jumping up side down. Since she was running at a high speed he stumbled upon some vessels and things which were there on her way. "Chinnu! Don't break things!." Sameer was startled. "Our home is a biggie! Wakie wakie Kanna! See our home!." Varsha jumped on Tushar, licking him on his cheek. Tushar was exhausted due to late night travel so that he didn't wake up at even once in a while. But when he heard the word "home" all his sleep got vaporised. Tushar bolted up from his sleep to see his father settled happily beside him and his elder sister was jumping up and down in werewolf form. Tushar looked around and was horrified to see the new spacious bedroom. It was more of traditional one with big windows and vibrant paints unlike the medium sized dull colored apartment they lived in kolkata.

"Where is our home?," Tushar asked in  helpless tone. "This is our home," Sameer replied. "Ledhu Nanna... Where is our room? This isn't our home...."
"That wasn't our home Kanna.. This is our home. This is were we belong."
"No.. No.. We were born there.. We lived there... What was wrong with that house?."
"Kanna so you want that medium spaced suffocating apartment to live on. Just see we have got home, we have forest, space and more over we have that privacy where you two could live upon. Nobody will look at us. Nobody poke their nose behind us. You too saw the troubles we suffered, didn't you Chinnu?." Varsha hung her head low. She knew the troubles her parents had to suffer for rising them up.

Tushar was at the verge of breaking tears. A low cry erupted from his throat."Kanna, come over here. " Sameer tried to hug Tushar. "No!." Tushar's eyes brimmed with big drops of tears. "No! No! No! Naku Amma kavali! (I want my Amma)." Tushar turned around on his heels and ran away for his mother.

"Amma.. Nanna is telling me that this is our home." Tushar clinged on Neerja's leg. Neerja was in a troubled state to manage him. "Haan Kanna this is our home. Ain't it beautiful?." She smiled. Suddenly the room was filled with Tushar's wails and it was heart breaking for Neerja to see her son in such a state. "Amma's Kanna don't cry." Neerja picked him up.Neerja's shoulders got wet with Tushar's cries.

"Kanna come to Nanna." Sameer forwarded his hands towards him. Tushar suddenly avoided his father and immersed his face on the crook of Neerja's shoulder.
"Come to Nanna Kanna. See how much nice big spacious home Nanna got for you?. Nanna is the good boy, isn't it Kanna?." Sameer grinned.
"No Nanna is bad." Tushar said.

"So who is good?."
"Amma."
"Seriously?."
"Haan."
Varsha came forward and began praising Sameer :
"No... Nanna is the best. Nanna is a good boy."
"No... Amma is a good girl."
"So who is bad boy?," Sameer questioned. "Nanna is a bad boy. Amma is a good girl."
"Enti koduku? (Why son?)," Sameer asked in a sad voice.
"Amma never lied. You only lied that we will be going home." Tushar hid his face. Now his tone was replaced with anger for being lied by his father.

Morning the four membered family had breakfast. They arranged a paayi (palmflet mattress) on the floor. Sameer picked up the dishes and kept them on a palaka. Neerja fed Tushar as he was chiding with Sameer. Hence, Sameer and Varsha had breakfast together. After washing their hands, Sameer came to them. "Amma are you coming with us to visit this estate? Let us walk around and see what are there." Neerja's face brightened. "Amma's koduku? Would you accompany with us?." Sameer joked at Tushar.

An angry Tushar hugged his mother tightly. Sameer and Neerja took their children to run for errands at their estate. It was vast and Sameer felt that the area would be more than 2 acres which is what had been written on the documents.
"Sam are you sure that the land area is just 2 acres? It would be more than 5 acres, I think so." Neerja raised her concern.
"I think we should bring a surveyor to  measure the area and we need to register it. We should decide right now which part of the land should be given to Chinnu and Kannan."
"Sam are you talking about dividing the assets and share? They are just kids."
"If something happens for me, what will you do?." Suddenly Neerja slapped Sameer's face. Sameer was stunned."Why did you just slapped me?."

"Just tell me that once again...,"Neerja's voice chocked. "If I die, I don't want you people to be left out. So I have decided to transfer all the properties to you and your kids names." Sameer tried to justify.Neerja again slapped Sameer. Her eyes were bloodshot and he chest heaved in anger. "How could you talk to me like this." She cried. "I am talking like this because I am concerned about my family's security.This is what I am. don't know at what age I will die. I am not a human.I am half werewolf! For werewolves they age faster once they attain maturity! I don't even remember my father's face. My dad died when I was a baby and my mom was struggling after that.All I had in memory was a photo of them together. I don't want you and our kids to suffer like that!." Sameer panted. This was a new information for Neerja. "But when I checked about you werewolves, the age could vary.There are werewolves who could live more than 100 years."

"That's all myths and stories Neeru.i simply just couldn't predict the time."Sameer hung his head."I started having this kind of feeling once I had a near death experience when kannan was born.You remember? I was supposed to die on the spot falling into deep well,but some how I managed to esacape." Sameer massaged his neck. "Is that so?," Neerja hold his face towards her."You think you are going to die? Do you think that I would leave you as such?."Neerja kissed Sameer's nose. Sameer looked at Varsha and Tushar running and playing on the grasslands of the estate. "Do you think that you could die leaving all of us alone?." Sameer's eyes brimmed with tears. "No..I couldn't do that..I am sorry..I shouldn't have hurt you with my words."

Sameer wiped his tears. "I ruined our first day in our new home, didn't I?. "Neerja held her head on Sameer's shoulder.

"No..It wasn't you..It was me who did it..I shouldn't have done that," Sameer wiped Neerja's tears and kissed her forehead.

"Kanna... aren't Nanna and Amma crying?," Varsha held her head high to see her parents weeping each other.

"Amma and Nanna are crying! RUN!! RUN!!!," Varsha and Tushar ran towards their parents smelling chaos between them. "Amma!!," "Nanna!! why are you both crying?," Tushar and Varsha jumped upon them, bombarding them with questions."Nothing Kanna..dust has fallen in my eyes..that's why I cried." Neerja tried to resolve the matter. "Enti Nanna...why are you crying?."varsha looked at Sameer intently. " Ledhu Chinnu...dust fallen in my eyes..That's why..," Sameer failed to lie miserably and broken into tears.Varsha used her baby hands to wipe his tears and opened his eyelids to blow air."It's fine Chinnu..Nanna is fine." Sameer pulled over. "Nanna if you have any problem just tell me,Kanna and Amma..We will help you okay?." Varsha grinned. Neerja felt happiness in his heart to see Sameer's bonding with their children.Both Varsha and Tushar are equivalent to Sameer. But Varsha had the spirit of Neerja who could bring lighjt even in the shards of darkness.

"Come Nanna..I have caught some things for you to see..come..," Varsha pushed her parents to see the things Varsha has collected from the grassland. She went to a place, collected some things in her hand held it behind and came back with a mischievous smile."What is it Chinnu? Show it to Amma?." Neerja tried to find behind what was Varsha hiding on.

"Tada!!!."Varsha showed her hand full of insects before them.

"Ammaaaaa!!!!," Tushar wailed and jumped on to Neerja's waist. Varsha began to giggle seeing her brother in fright. "Chinnu why did you this? You shouldn't do such kind of antics to terrify your brother.Good girls won't do such sort of things." Neerja advised Varsha.

"Chinnu from where did you get this?." Sameer was amazed to see those insects. "From here Nanna..from the grasslands." varsha replied. "Neeru..these aren't ordinary insects. these are the primary insects which determine the nature of soil and ecosystem." Sameer was fascinated with Varsha's findings.

"I don't want to hear anything.Tell our daughter not to do this anymore..My baby is really terrified."Neerja said this to Sameer while pacifying Tushar.

"Alright then..Chinnu if you find out these types of new things, bring them to Nanna.Don't show it to others because not all the people are familiar with it." "But why Nanna? They are also like us,aren't they?." "Chinnu..not all the people would be comfortable with all these things.We need to see whether they are 'ok' or 'not'. Also it isn't good doing pranks on others.People react it in different ways to each and every thing.Do you get it Chinnu?." Sameer rubbed Varsha's nose."Yes Nanna !!!."Varsha saluted.

Since it was afternoon, the family returned back to their home. For lunch they didn't food and had the leftovers of morning breakfast. For night dinner Sameer and Neerja cooked food in their kitchen. They only used a little of the space so that three by quarter space of the kitchen left unused. "Do you know Neeru, when I was a little kid there were 16 servants in this house. But they all left after Peddhamma and Peddhanna passed away." Sameer babbled. Neerja always earned to ask more about his childhood and the incidents prompted him to leave Arempudi.However she doesn't want to leave him disturbed or in grief. Hence she chose not to ask about it.

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Neerja kissed both Tushar and Varsha who were in deep sleep.She adjusted the blinds and fan's speed. When she retreated back to their bedroom, she expected Sameer to be in sleep. However Sameer was wide awake. "You didn't sleep yet ?." Neerja ruffled his hair and went to take new night gown to change her attire. Sameer closed the door and gave her a saree.Neerja was baffled to see it. She changed her attire to saree. Neerja checked her reflection on the mirror. The saree was made up of thin fabric which accentuated her curves.The low cut blouse shaped through her entire plump breast area. She noticed that she had put on some weight owing to her pregnancies, yet it only added more beauty to her.

"Tell me why you gifted me this saree?," Neerja seductively clinged both her hands around Sameer's neck."First you tell me why did you wear that low cut blouse today morning?," Sameer rubbed his nose to Neerja's nose."Maybe I just want to tease you..," Neerja almost kissed him but pulled over.

"Started teasing your own husband," Sameer pushed Neerja towards his body. "You tease me always,dont you? So why couldn't I ?." That was the limit for Sameer. He started kissing her with all his passion and might. For past many months they didn't indulge in much of physical love.Hence, the love during their first night at their own home became special  for them. Soon Neerja was removed from her saree and she was more devoured by Sameer. "Sam, you are over dressed," Neerja whispered to his ears. Sameer removed his white kurti and flexed his well toned muscular physique. Sameer turned and pulled Neerja by her leg.Neerja covered her upper body with her hands only to be removed and pinned above her head by Sameer. 

Sameer kissed and nibbled through her breasts and moved towards the south.The new sensation of feeling his beard in her inner thighs and  strength was taking Neerja to the height of the pleasure.At one point Sameer parted her thighs and entered her. A cry erupted from Neerja,which startled Sameer."Neeru? Am I so harsh..I am sorry," Sameer tried to get over her. "Where are you running away?," Neerja curled over his shoulder." You started this.Now finish it off. I never want my husband to unfinish the job he started."Neerja's hair flown over his thighs and settled on his lap.Neerja kissed him so hard that she bit his lips. "Aaah! What the fuck happened to you Neeru?," Sameer was taken aback by the new found dominance of Neerja.

"You ra! I want only you!." Neerja started moving forward and they both fell down from the bed to the floor. In between Neerja playfully tried to move away from Sameer, but it only made him aggressive.Sameer moved up on her. He settled her right leg on his shoulder and began to thrust with all his might and the room was filled with Neerja's moans and cries. Her fingers ruffled through Sameer's hair, while his lips grazed through her breasts.And finally she found her release along with him.Neerja screamed out his name in pleasure only her lips were closed by Sameer as he took in for another kiss.Neerja lied down her head on his chest,while Sameer panted for his breath. Her kumkum was smeared on his chest.Her kohl has already been smudged and she smiled through tears kissing her husband. 

"You were..really wild.What happened to you Neeru," Sameer asked after awhile."Today morning you were talking all the bad things about death and all right.This is my punishment for you." "If this is the punishment,I could repeat it all the day," Sameer laughed. Suddenly Sameer screamed as Neerja pinched his waist."Talk about it anymore, i will kiss you to death," Neerja hungrily kissed him. 

It was the night even the moon also burnt in fire after watching the couple's passion and desire for each other.